The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
I feel just as passionately about experimental electronic music as I do about folk music. — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
That ideology was never going to work, was it? It was just cobbled together from different beliefs: The anti-intellectualism of the Khmer… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music,… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly. — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
When I got to NYU, I had applied based on playing folk music, and they said, 'You're the banjo girl,' so I… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
There's not that much English folk music that is really that appealing. — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do… — Ice T Copy Share Image
“A creative America has walls for structure but no ceilings at all. The doors and windows always stay open. No member who… — Ashfaq Ishaq Copy Share Image
I love all types of music - jazz, great pop music, world music and folk music - but the music I listen… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Dylan's music, per se, but I'm not a hater. I like the American folk music tradition, and… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets. — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim… — Paul Stookey Copy Share Image
I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to… — Sonny Terry Copy Share Image
When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion,… — Jim Messina Copy Share Image
“Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm… — Music Copy Share Image
With 'Mirzya,' we went deep into folk music. The film, unfortunately, did not do well because it was not marketed well. But… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs. — Ray LaMontagne Copy Share Image
Folk music usually romanticises the road. 'Back in my Body' tells the opposite story. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
“It's one of those songs that everybody knows, but you are not supposed to do, because everyone does it, only no-one does… — Gloria Jackson Copy Share Image
The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
